U+07D6 "ߖ" NKo Letter Ja Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+07D6 "ߖ" NKo Letter Ja is a glyph used in the NKo alphabet, a script created in 1949 by Solomana Kante for writing the Manding languages of West Africa, such as Maninka, Bambara, and Dyula. Representing the voiced palatal plosive sound /ɟ/ or a similar affricate, this letter is part of the NKo script’s set of consonants written from right to left. The character is encoded in the Unicode Standard’s NKo block, which covers the basic letters, digits, and tonal marks needed for the script’s digital representation, supporting cultural and linguistic preservation in regions where Manding languages are spoken.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+07D6 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | NKo Letter Ja |
| Block | NKo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ߖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ߖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDF 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x07D6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000007D6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u07d6 |